AUCKLAND, Tuesday: oOh!media is helping fight the Coronid-19 pandemic by taking homebound Kiwi kids on a virtual bear hunt through neighbourhoods across the country as part of the community-based National Bear Hunt initiative.

AUCKLAND, Today: It was the shining star of the Tokyo Motor Show – but (sadly) Saatchi NZ and Wright PR won’t be running an ad campaign for the Lexus LF-30 Electrified concept in NZ at this stage. Just yet.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Kiwis looking for creative cooking ideas during the lockdown period can download an e-cookbook – a fundraising initiative for breast cancer charity Sweet Louise, created by them and boutique agency Expand PR.

AUCKLAND, Today: Pead PR has strengthened its services across content creation, social media and media relations to meet the marketing shifts in response to Covid-19.

AUCKLAND, Today: Outdoor company QMS (which merged with MediaWorks last year) is using rainbow imagery to lift people’s spirits as they adjust to living in lockdown.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Advertising Standards Authority has named Nanette Moreau as its Complaints Appeal Board chairperson.

AUCKLAND, Monday: “I am in lockdown and I have been eating a shitload of Pringles and watching a fair amount of television,” writes DDB AUNZ CCO Damon Stapleton on his blog.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Ponsonby ad agency Vision Thing and design agency Wield have launched Spreader Stories – a series of animated videos to help NZ’s fight against Covid-19.

SINGAPORE, Monday: The Association of NZ Advertisers and the Comms Council have received global acknowledgement for their work in combatting online harm.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Just over two weeks ago the Pixel Awards judges came together to review the dozens of entries and agree on the best idea.